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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1943)
Saturday, Nov. 13, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Four Post Cagers Prepare For Action Will Contest State School CageSquads Camp Abbot’s own basketball team, the cream of the players at this new Engineer ERTC, will be ready to take on all comers at an early date, according to Pvt. Leo Frizzo in charge of post athletic activities. A squad of fifteen has been selected as the neucleus for the squad and are working out daily. The team will be at no loss for games as the management has already been approached with o f fers for the University of Ore gon; Oregon State College; Red mond A ir Base, and others. Ac cording to Pvt. Frizzo he expects to schedule games with Camp Adair, Camp White and other Oregon military installations. Meanwhile the camp league teams continued to show im provement and when the weekly total was made Lipe of Supply company was high scorer with 101 points; Mille, of A-57, with 55, was runner-up. The Standings Won lost A-r.7..................... ........... 8 0 1 D-56 ..................... 1 C 51 ......... .......................5 1 Supply ................ ...........5 1 A-53 ..................... 2 13-52 ..................... ...........4 2 Casual ................. ...........4 2 B-54 ..................... ...........4 2 13-57 ..................... ...........4 2 13-51 ..................... ...........4 3 Spi. T in g ............. ...........2 5 Military P o lic e .... ...........3 9 4 A 51 .................... 2 M edics................. 5 C-52 ..................... ..........i 4 A -52 .................... ..........i 4 Service Co............. ...........i 5 2 C 53 ..................... ...........0 13-53 ..................... ...........0 3 Civ. Personnel ... ...........0 5 MORE ABOUT Camp Abbot (Continued From Page One) o f officers most responsible for the post's high rating in Army circles. The Wacs who arrived five days after official activltation soon merged into the post’s ac tivities and were quickly accept ed as regular soldiers. Miles of roads have been built, acres of land cleared of underbrush and many new buildings for use in training ac tivities have txvn erected. To the casual visitor the post would appear to have boon in Four Winners In Grid Pool Pick the Winners Games for November 20, 1943 GUESS THE RIG H T SCORE OF THIS GAME □ Michigan □ □ □ □ n □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ VS. Ohio State ______ d CHECK THE W IN N E R ! Do Not Indicate Scores Team Team vs. □ Brown Army vs. □ Colgate Columbia vs. □ Kansas State Iowa State vs. □ Purdue Indiana vs. □ Missouri Kansas vs. □ Great Lakes Marquette Minnesota vs. □ Wisconsin Northwestern vs. □ Illinois vs. □ Iowa Navy Notre Dame vs. □ Penn State Pittsburgh vs. □ Rice Texas Christian Holy Cross vs. □ Syracuse vs. □ Iowa Nebraska vs. □ Temple Oklahoma Tulane vs. □ LSU vs. □ Drake Tulsa VMI vs. □ Maryland Tie □ n ■ □ n □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ (Only 18 Games Scheduled forNovember 20) Four of Camp Abbot’s football sharks got all but two games picked correctly in the USO Football pool of November 6th. They are: Pvt. Jim Bolton, Co. B, 51st Bn. 1st Pit., Cpl. J. L. Miller, Co. A, 51st Bn., Pvt. John Ileneman, Casual Co., S. C. U. 1973, and Cpl. Howard Johnson, Company C, 56th Bn. I f the lucky geniuses will call at the USO office, they can pick up their prizes. No one was able to pick the correct score for the Army-Notre Dame game, as everybody thought Arm y would make at least one touchdown. MORE ABOUT • War Vets (Continued from Page One) • Print your name here.. Co. or Bn.. Drop or Mail to U. S. O. Contest Box—Bend operation over an extended period. A large service club and theater functions smoothly. Clubs of officers and non-coms are open and present the club like atmosphere of those long established. The first trainees have com pleted their course and gone to other assignments. The camp was officially dedi cated on September in presence of hundreds of citizens of Cen tral Oregon’s and high ranking Arm y officers. To enumerate the activities of the camp would require columns but it suffices to say that Camp Abbot represents a job well done ,a camp of which any sold ier stationed here may well be pround. Notes From C-56 By A/Sgt. W. E. Oahes Pvt. LeRoy Payne of D 56th, whose home is in Pawhuska, Okla., has just received what we believe to be the longest letter yet or group of letters yet re ceived at Camp Abbot. The post age on said correspondence was 24 cents. The letters were writ ten on 16 feet of paper which was sixteen inches wide and there were 16 different people writing this one lengthy scroll. Private Payne is quite proud of this unusual letter or group of letters and should anyone desire to see this manuscript, just come over. GRADUATES Company D 56th Engineers are on the ROAR. Yep, seems that on Nov. 6th every one came in from their respective schools with the SHEEPSKIN. Clerks, C o o k s , Demolitions, Heavy Equipment Operators, and Truck Drivers. Each man having completed his specialist training as required by the school. As reported by Captain Yarbough and 1st Lt. Charles Salfisberg the boys are in good shape and going to be hard to stop. A fine entertainment is being planned for the holiday, and every one is looking forward to this date. “ G. I.” Sitting on my G. I. bed, My G. I. hat upon my head, My G. I. pants, my G. I. shoes, Everything free, nothing to lose, G. I. razor, G. I. comb— But G. I. wish that I were home. They issue everything we need, Paper to write on, books to read, They issue food to make you grow— But G. I. want a furlough. Your belt, your shoes, your G. I. tie, Everything free, nothing to buy, You eat your food from G. I. plates, Buy your needs at G. I. rates, Its G. I. this and G. I. that, G. I. haircut and G. I. hat. Everything here is government issue, But G. I. wish that I could KISS you. — Author Unknown. W AXTA REST? The Circle M Ranch, fourteen miles the other side of Sisters near Camp Sherman, is now ! offering overnight and weekend 1 accommodations to personnel of , Camp Abbot who wish to spend i some time in quiet surroundings. Reservations are of the Euro pean style and may be made by calling Extension S42 at Camp Sherman. Information as to price and transportation may be obtained by calling the Public Relations Office, Ext. 8, at this station. Pass The ENGINEER To An- ; other Abbotman—He’ll Appreci ate It. • • and several who today are serv ing because they feel it is but right when their country is iru peril. They were glad that men of the new army joined with them in this observance. But only to those men of that old army, now a thin line of men who in the bloom of youth vol unteered their lives, can feel the r e a l significance of that Armistice Day so long ago. The personnel of the post, too, honored those who fought and served in the last war, and paus ed to remember those who fight on the battle fronts today. When the flag was raised at reveille it was immediately low ered one staff below and then again raised. At 1059 a detail of six men and a non-commis sioned officer, w i t h the band marched to the flagpole. When the blast was detonated the flag was lowered to half-mast. One minute later reraised and the band played the National An them. Abbot Face! ness that to save his life an By Pfc. Milton Beck other soldier gave his own. “ If Sgt. Jimmie B. Kincaid, well he is in that Valhalla of immor tal heroes—I am sure he must known in the ERTC for his be there, I hope he can look record breaking activities while j down on us few today," he said. platoon Sgt. of A, 57, has left “I am sure he is whispering his old Alma Mater. He finished ‘carry on.’ He lies buried in up the last cycle, buried the Sursnes and to me he is a hero period plan, and has come over to C, 59 as “ First Soldier.” Of more immortal than those of all course since the ratings are still recorded history. I would trudge ' frozen, he doesn’t get his raise through rain, snow or the high in pay. When asked how he liked est flood to attend any Armis being first Sgt. and still getting tice program. I owe it to his “ buck” Sgt’s wages he replied, memory.” in his best Alabama drawl, “ Why The men present represented that’s my contribution to the war members of divisions that took effort.” part in some of the heaviest fighting of the war. Several bore scars and wounds of bat Oh, for the L ife of a First Sgt., Or—Why First Sgts. Get Gray tle. One of the speakers, Col. and Old Before Their Time Frank S. Besson, ERTC com A month ago when A, 59 was mander, braved the fire of Can- activated for a short period, one ! tigny, later Soissons, when the of the trainees had used a bucket Germans were carrying out a one day to mix some cement in great offensive. Col. Russell and had returned it to the supply Lyon, who also spoke, is a veter room without cleaning it. 1st an of the Third Division, the di Sgt. Bravos, took the dirty vision which stopped the Ger bucket and laid it unceremon mans at the Second Battle of iously upon the bed of the re the Marne. He, too, could have clining guilty party and told him told, if he chose, of that bloody to return it in its original state July 13th when the Americans of cleanliness at once. After the ccunter-attacked to regain the elapse of an hours time and the river’s bank. Then Col. Aubrey bucket did not appear, a corporal H. Bond, commanding officer of was sent to find out why. He re the 11th Group, also spoke. He turned with this information also had known the heat of bat from the culprit: “I have been tle in the war that now seemed working hard all day and am so useless after all. Lt. Joseph very tired. He hasn't been do Sickler, postal officer, who serv ing anything. I f he wants it ed as a private in the last con cleaned, there is no reason why flict, but was called to service he can't clean it himself.” in the present war because of his ability, gave a brief poem. And then there was the soldier It was a poem, which appears who w as busily absorbed writing elsewhere in this issue, he had a letter to his gal while his pals written a few n i g h t s before were waiting to take o ff to the when he recalled memories of movies with him. It took an un men who h a d volunteered to usually long time and one of his serve the colors. impatient pals yelled, “Say Chaplain Goldberg gave an in aren't you finished writing that spiring prayer and musical pre letter to your sweetheart yet?” lude was played by Cpl. Eldon “ Yes,” he replied, “ now I'm writ ing one to my wife.” Morris. Most o f the veterans present Bonds Buy Bullets! were men who had volunteered, SEND THE ENGINEER HOM E (Fold paper, fasten it together, place l l i c stamp in corner, mail) From l '/ i Cent Stamp Here Camp Abbot, Oregon